The presence of New Zealanders closely mirrors that of Australians with clusters in the capital. Also, many of them are temporary residents whose right to be in the UK is related to Commonwealth ties.

Many New Zealanders in Britain are young people who come after studies, some of them staying permanently. New Zealanders and Australians benefit from more relaxed visa rules than other Commonwealth nations.

Many come to work in Britain's public services – especially teaching and the NHS.

This has caused some consternation back home with the government there concerned about a "brain-drain".

Concentrations of people born in New Zealand

Map on right shows country as if areas with roughly equal populations were the same size. So, densely populated London takes up much more space than sparsely populated Scottish Highlands.

At-a-glance

57,916 people born in New Zealand were in Britain at the 2001 Census – up about 40% on 1991 and equal to 0.1% of the population.

47% live in London, mirroring trends seen among Australian ex-pats who share a tradition of post-college gap years to Britain.

10 areas with the largest clusters of New Zealand-born people are in London.

6 out of the 10 areas with the largest New Zealand clusters are also the top neighbourhoods for Australians.